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2013년 10월 19일 토요일

PE 10/15 Barack Obama's Speech - Part 3

Just as Lieutenant Kerry did not hesitate to risk his life to protect the men who served with him in Vietnam, President Kerry will not hesitate one moment to use our military might to keep America safe and secure.
* risk one's life = risk one's neck, jeopardize one's life, put one's life at risk
ex> You don't need to risk your life to be considered a hero.

For alongside out famous individualism, there's another ingredient in the American saga.
* saga: a long historical story passed down over many years.
ex> My saga of my family started 500 years ago in Sweden.

If there's an Arab American family being rounded up without benefit of an attorney or due process, that threatens my civil liberties.
* round up: to arrest or detain a group of people
ex> During World War II, Japanese-Americans who lived on the west coast of the U.S. were rounded up and placed in detention camps.



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